Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 April 1917 — 20 From Here Initiated Into Foresters at Lafayette. [ARTICLE]

20 From Here Initiated Into Foresters at Lafayette.

Hundreds of members of the Order of Catholic Foresters assembled at Lafayette -Sunday for the joint initiation and banquet of the southern district of the order. The initiatory work was staged at St. Boniface hall, and of the class of 94, twenty of them were from Rensselaer. The festivities started at 1 o'clock from the Foresters hall, in which more than 500 members and candidates took part. The Foresters band from Rensselaer led the procession. Following the degree work a banquet was held at which 650 were present. Rev. Daniels and E. P. Honan, of this city, were on the toast program. The list of candidates furnished by Rensselaer follows: Bernard Walter, R. Donnelly, M. Nesius, E. Truley A. Truley, L. Wdrland, J. Waggoner, C. Serritella, J. Nagel, E. Nagel, G. Sego, S. Schrager, A. Longstreth, P. Heady, J. Thomas, T. Thomas, A. Kolhoff, V. Jacks, Joe Ziekmond, J. Kellner, C. Scheurich, L. Scheurich, Lee Hurley, and C. Kosta.